It’s the experience that makes me reminisce in the games I loved. Games come and go, but it’s the experience that takes me back to when my parents bought me an Atari 2600 some 43 years ago. And no one else had thought to create the type of customer experience that is both satisfying and unique at the same time. No one else had made the concerted effort to bring the content, in real actual games, to the Linux platform (via Proton). Sure, other companies had previously released handheld gaming computer but, no one else combined the specs of a gaming computer with a handheld form factor based on Linux OS. The thunder first started when Valve announced the SteamDeck in 2021 launching a Linux based handheld PC platform. It’s the ‘juice’ that gets people excited that attracts crowds and changes the status quo. That thunder is innovation, and it feels like it’s coming to Linux. I can hear the distant thunder in the not-so-far off future of a world where Linux is on par with macOS and to maybe a lesser degree, Windows. It’s the type of exercise where us fanboys can tout the greatness of Linux while imaging a world where THE YEAR OF LINUX is not at all farfetched but instead, a certainty before regressing back to a much different reality.īut the last two years in Linux gaming has given me – HOPE. It’s a really fun exercise where a handful of people in the industry make wildly irresponsible predictions as to what they believe will happen in Linux gaming for that year. Come to think of it, maybe, THE YEAR OF LINUX isn’t all that farfetched.įor the past two years, I have participated in BOILING STEAM’s, “ BOLD PREDICTIONS FOR LINUX GAMING”. Imagine making the claim that an obscure operating system will one day take over the world? It’s like claiming electric cars will one day surpass cars running on fossil fuels or, digital music sales will surpass traditional record sales or, video games will one day be considered a source of entertainment like movies and concerts. Who does that? That level of faith and certainty in something so ridiculous is unprecedented. Each year and from what I’ve been told, several years prior to my joining in with the company. For each of my nearly 15 years at CodeWeavers, my CEO, Jeremy White, has predicted that ‘this year is the YEAR OF LINUX’.
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